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children have unlimited options to choose what schools they would like to go too, unlike lower class children who have very limited options and do not have the advantages of going to a university “(Rodriquez)”. Lower class family cannot afford to spend their money on high priced food, brand new vehicles, and big houses. The state-earned income tax help them a little to pay their bills, cover health and dental insurance. Many live in violent neighborhoods, filled with lots of policeman, drugs,…

Emily Morua Edwardo Pedregon English 4 April 20, 2016 Morua i Final Draft Basketball was invented by a physical education instructor named Dr. James Naismith in the early 1890s. He was challenged to come up with a new game that was able to be played indoors due to the cold weather. Back in the days before the actual basketball was invented, they would play with a soccer ball. The basket didn’t have a hole on the bottom of the rim just yet. So what they had to do was, climb up to the top of…

College sports have become a universal pastime for many Americans. Popularity of college sports has peaked with the 2014 inaugural college football playoffs, becoming “[t]he two most-watched broadcasts in cable TV history,” with a combined total of 56.5 million viewers between the two semifinal games according to CNN (Pallotta). Young men playing college sports are exciting as it brings back the college atmosphere that many older individuals crave. However, some question if African-American…

1864 and in just six years gained an additional 2,000 residents. Charles Cooley was the fourth child between his parents. Two more children were born after Cooley causing him to become a middle child. Thomas Cooley was a Supreme Court Judge for the state…

empowerment; especially African American women. Madame C.J. Walker once said, “I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the south. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to cook kitchen and from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing on my ground (American Association of University Women ).” From those words, one can develop an image of the type of woman Madame Walker was. Madame Walker was the first African American female millionaire…

some of the most important students at every university. They represent their school, and they are highly valued by the university they attend. “University of Missouri Campus Protests: ‘This is Just a Beginning’” explains that about thirty black Missouri University football players stated via Twitter that they would not participate in football activities until their president, Tim Wolfe, resigned for his recent mishandling of racial issues at the university. Soon after, Wolfe resigned…

“safe and competent patient care to ensure the success of the healthcare institution” (Kroning, M. (2015)), and those effected by the healthcare choices being implemented. Florence Wald, an influential nurse leader is known as the Mother of the American Hospice…

Renaissance were black authors/writers, scholars, and musicians. Many of the people involved in the Harlem Renaissance were artistic and literary leaders that later influenced African American culture. This coming together of people created a sense of racial pride for people in the African- American community. Many African Americans were politically and socially affected by World War I. As a result many migrated to the urban North. As people migrated to the North different races inhabited…

of early college high schools into the United States school systems. I am researching how the early college high schools function and their overall impact on the American education. DiMaria, Frank. "The Early College High School Initiative." The Education Digest, vol. 79, no. 1, Fall 2013, pp. 64-68. In this volume of a journal published by Frank DiMaria, he explains the Early College High School Initiative from a Hispanic view. This article involves the description of the Early College High…

bomb. At one point, there were over 120,000 Americans that were employed in this project, and almost two billion dollars were put into research. Isabella Karle is a scientist who worked in the field of crystallography, and during the Manhattan Project she worked on plutonium chemistry. With her advances in molecular structures, she has allowed scientists…